YOUR PRIVACY IS IMPORTANT TO US
1. Altezza Partners Pty Ltd ("Altezza Partners") has created this Privacy Policy and Collection Statement (together referred to as “this Privacy Policy") in order to demonstrate its firm commitment to privacy.
2. Altezza Partners is bound by the Privacy Act and the National Privacy Principles.
3. Altezza Partners will update our Privacy Policy as required. If it is changed, the changes will be posted on our website www.altezzapartners.com.au so that you are always aware of the sort of information collected, how the information may be used, and under what circumstances it may be disclosed by Altezza Partners.
4. Please note that if at any time Altezza Partners is required by law to release information about you or your organisation, Altezza Partners must cooperate fully.
5. This Privacy Policy does not apply to acts or practices of Altezza Partnersthat are directly related to employee records of current or former employees.
WHAT SORT OF INFORMATION DOES Altezza Partners COLLECT?
1. Altezza Partners collects information ("the Information") about you in several different ways:
The information can be:
1. Provided by you upon commencement of your work or during the engagement. In most cases Altezza Partners will collect your name, contact details and financial information prior to our engagement.
2. Altezza Partners collects information when you engage the organisation so that Altezza Partners may provide you with financial planning, tax and other primary purpose services;
3. Altezza Partners may collect information via telephone, fax, post or email.
4. When you post Altezza Partners information we may store the contents to help in the preparation of your Income Tax Return and Financial Statements. We may record your postal address or fax number and contact you and send you our Newsletters or Tax Briefings.
5. When you send Altezza Partners an email, we may record your email address and contact you and send you our Newsletters or Tax Briefings.
WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT FROM OUR WEBSITE?
1. When you submit information to our Site, Altezza Partners will collect personally identifiable information from you that may include your name, business and company name, email address, residential and business address and other such information necessary to provide you with the services offered by the Site.
2. As a general principle, Altezza Partners will only collect personally identifiable information that is needed to operate the Site, to provide you with the services offered by the Site and to communicate to you information and services that Altezza Partners believe would be of interest to you.
3. Altezza Partners automatically collects IP addresses and web site usage information from visitors to the Site. This information helps us evaluate how visitors and subscribers use and navigate the Site on an aggregate basis, including the number and frequency of visitors and subscribers to each web page and the length of their visits.
WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU DO NOT PROVIDE THE INFORMATION?
1. Altezza Partners will be unable to prepare your Income Tax Return accurately or offer the service requested.
2. Altezza Partners collects the Information to provide you with a specific service. For example, we may use the Information you provide us to complete your Income Tax Return, prepare Financial Statements, prepare Cash Flow Forecasts, and Budget Projections, Analyse your Financial Security or other primary purpose services.
WHY DOES Altezza Partners COLLECT THE INFORMATION AND HOW IS YOUR INFORMATION USED BY Altezza Partners?
1. Altezza Partners also uses the Information to send you information (either by email, fax or post) that you request. If at any time you receive material that you did not request or do not want to receive such material any more, please contact us.
2. Altezza Partners may use the Information you provide on our Website for the purposes for which you specifically provided the information, including providing you with feed back or advice about services offered by Altezza Partners or informing you about upcoming seminars, events and conferences;
WHO DOES Altezza Partners DISCLOSE PERSONAL INFORMATION TO?
1. Altezza Partners will not sell, rent, trade or otherwise supply to third parties any personal information obtained from you unless you consent.
2. Altezza Partners will disclose this information to the Australian Taxation Office and Australian Securities & Investment Commission, and other government bodies required by law.
3. Altezza Partners may utilise subcontractors in the provision of client services. Where this occurs those subcontractors are bound by the same terms and conditions as Altezza Partners and must maintain strict adherence to all Altezza Partners policies and procedures
4. Altezza Partners develops aggregate (i.e.. not individual) reports, which incorporate some of the Information. The reports are for use by our business partners. However, these reports do not include any personally identifiable information.
HOW WILL Altezza Partners KEEP YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION SECURE?
Altezza Partners has security measures designed to protect against the loss, misuse and/or alteration of the Information under its control.
These security measures are:
1. Restricted Access: Our computer network is protected by a password system with regular changes, which are enforced.
2. Anti-virus software is installed and is updated daily.
3. Our servers (main data storage areas) are protected from loss of power by Uninterruptable Power Supply units.
4. Computer operating system updates are installed regularly to maintain a high level of data protection.
5. Altezza Partners have installed an Internet Firewall to protect our computer network against computer hackers and intruders.
6. Altezza Partners have clauses in employee agreements requiring confidentiality
CORRECTING & UPDATING YOUR PROFILE
Altezza Partners gives you the following options for accessing and modifying Information previously provided:
1. You may gain access to Information that Altezza Partners has collected about you, by contacting the person named below. Altezza Partners will not charge you for responding to such a request, unless we incur costs in providing the information.
2. You may also contact us via telephone, fax, post or email to notify us of any corrections/updates to the information we hold.
CONTACTING
If you have any questions about this Collection Statement, you should contact: John Driscoll at john.driscoll@altezzapartners.com.au. |
